Hey guys -
I was wondering if any of you who have 19" rims could let me know how hard they are to take care of. Someone told me that, eventually , bending may occur due to potholes etc. Also, I was wondering if anybody knows anyone who has HRE 440R series wheels. If anyone could show me some pics I'd appreciate it. I've looked online but haven't been able to find every 440 series on an A4 and I want to be sure I like it before I possibly purchase any wheel. Thanks!

 

damn HRE 440s, regardless 18s or 19s they all might bend if u go over pot holes hard enough

 

is that just 3 piece wheels in general or is it like, hre wheels are known to bend a lot.

 

which 440s are u lookin for theres 45 to 449

 

i know AWE sells HRE wheels, but i just searched their web-site and I cant find any....
am i retarded or are they just not on the web-site??

http://www.awe-tuning.com/

 

FOUND THEM !!

http://www.awe-tuning.com/pages/gall...eels/index.cfm

 

hey THANKS guys. do you know anyone one this forum who has them on an A4. I'm still just lookin at them but im between either the 441, 446, and 448. I'm still really scared about the bending possibility. the pointers so far have been great. does anyone have anymore pointers?

 

Avoid potholes like the plague. I thought wheel bending due to potholes was related to the quality of the wheel and HRE makes high quality wheels. [&:]

 

Yeah, everyone did until they got banned from some racing series for bending, breaking, being slightly smaller than advertised so the tires slipped. Pretty much everything that can go wrong with a wheel. I'll look for the link.

Here it is: http://forums.audiworld.com/lrqc/msgs/41036.phtml

 

oh wow!!! thanks for that dude. thats crazy!!!